Coat hanger



Feb. 2, 1932,

I. DUKES ET AL 1,843,546

COAT HANGER Filed Dec. 12, 1929 via/8M l1 7 "ML Patented Feb. 2, 1932tlNrrr; STATES rA'rsN'r orr cs ISRAEL DUKES AND BENJAMIN ivr. zrnvn, orPHILADELPHIA, rENNsYLvANIA, ns-

SIGNORS r DIAMOND PAPER AND BOX 00., or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, APARTNERSHIP coNsrsmNs or ISRAEL DUKES AND BENJAMIN ZIEVE conr HANGER,

Application filed Deoember12, 192% Serial No. 413,439."

This invention relates to packing devices for shipplng clothing, andmore partlcularly to a coat hanger adapted for use 1n such devlces.

In the shipping of suits for men, many manufacturers prefer to mount thecoats upon hangers so that the collars are turned up, it beingconsidered that this method of packing preserves the shape of the collarso that the consignee will receive the suit in substantially the samecondition as when it left the manufacturer.

In certain collapsible packing cases, fiat paper coat hangers areemployed which prevent the coat collars from being turned up, and it isan object of this invention to provide a coat hanger which may beemployed in such collapsible boxes and which will permit the turning upof the coat collar.

A further object is the provision of a coat hanger having means by whichit may be spaced from adjacent coat hangers in the same packing case.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanying drawings, constituting a material part of thisdisclosure and in which:

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a collapsible packing caseemploying the coat hanger.

Figure 2 represents afront elevational view of the packing case shown inFigure 1.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the coat hanger.

Figure 4 represents a sectional view of a packing case having aplurality of coat hangers carried therein.

Referring to the drawings, the collapsible packing case 15 is providedwith a plurality of closure flaps 16, and has attached to the innersurfaces of its side walls the reinforcing plates 17, which are providedwith rightangular flanges 18 and 19 adapted to serve as racks for a coathanger 20.

vV hen the packingcase is collapsed the flanges 18 and 19 are folded sothat they lie flat against the sides of the case.

The coat hanger is formed by bending a piece of wire to form a trianglehaving a horizontal trouser supporting bar 20 and inclined coatsupporting elements 21. The free ends of the wire are twisted at 22'toprovide a free ends of the wire are then turned upwardly at 29. I Q

The portions 26, 27 and 28 are adapted to engage, respectively, theupper and lower surfaces of a rack 18 or 19, and support the coat hangerthereon. The upturned ends 29 of the hanger, together with portion 28,serve to space the hanger from an adjacent hanger so that the clothingwill not be crowded and be crumpled. (See Figure 4:.) i

A. coat hanger as described above is espe- V cially adapted for use in acollapsible shipping case, and it is seen that the standard 22 enablesthe coat collar to be turned up, in the manner shown in Figure 2, as isthe custom of certain manufacturers.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive andillustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of theinvention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed includingmany modifications without departing from the general scope hereinindicated and denoted in the appended claims.- Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is: I

1. A clothes hanger, comprising alength of wire, bent to provide atriangular body to support clothing, the free ends of the wire beingtwisted to provide a standard and then looped to provide a rack engagingportion, and then bent laterally transverse to the plane 9.

of the rack engaging portion to provide means for spacing the hangerlaterally from adjacent objects.

2. A wire coat hanger, comprising a triangular body for supportingclothing, a

standard, Wires extending outwardly and downwardly from the standard,the wires being bent to form a pair of loops in a common vertical plane,and a loop in a horizontal plane, the free ends of the wires-beingturned upwardly.

3. A Wire clothes hanger, comprising a body for supporting clothing, astandard, wires extending outwardly and I downwardly from the-standard,the Wires being bent to forni a pairoifloops in a common vertical planeand a loop in a horizontal plane.

4. A wire clothes hanger, comprising a body for supporting clothing, astandard and:

wires extending outwardly from the standard, the wiresbeing bent to forma loop in a' vertica'l plane and aloop in'a horizontal plane.

Tliisspec-ification signed this 9th day of December, 1929.

ISRAEL DUKE-S; BENJAMIN M; Z-IEVE.

